24-Oct-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Hop aboard at Mumbai for cruise to Phuket (Hindustan Times)
Soon, you may be able to take off on that ideal cruise vacation to sun-drenched Phuket, the Caribbean or Hawaii islands, aboard an international cruise liner from the city's water front.
• 'Smaller Delta planes reduce PBIA traffic (Sun-Sentinel)
Passenger traffic at Palm Beach International Airport fell 9.2 percent in September to 373,966 total passengers. The decline contributed to a 3.4 percent drop in airline traffic over the 12-month period ended September 2006.
• 'local events (San Jose Mercury News)
SOUTH BAY Play Like a Kid Again. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23. Los Gatos Saratoga Community Recreation Center, 208 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, $40. (408) 354-8700.
• 'Grand Circle Cruise Line Earns #2 Spot for World's Best Small Ship Cruise Line in Conde Nast Traveler's 2006 Readers' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Grand Circle Corporation, the leader in international travel, adventure and discovery for Americans aged 50-plus, was ranked #2 in the World's Best Small Ship Cruise Line category of Conde Nast Traveler's 2006 Readers' Choice Awards.
• 'TRAVEL NOTES: Cruise lines are always on the move (Detroit Free Press)
Going on a cruise? Here's some news for you:
• 'Cruising under sail is adventure (Detroit Free Press)
Monday morning, the passengers of the Yankee Clipper, a former millionaire's yacht, squint into their first sunrise. The deck is pitched at a 20-degree angle as the schooner carves through the waves of the south Caribbean north of Grenada, its sails rattling and lines groaning against the masts.
• 'Moscow's wealthy elite push the boat out (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The scenery is grey, the sun pokes through the clouds for a few weeks a year and the rivers freeze over in winter, but Moscow is emerging as one of the world's most unlikely yachting capitals.
• 'KERALA ROUNDUP (Gulf Times)
KOCHI: The Vasco da Gama International yacht Rally, claimed to be one of the major yachting events of the world, was accorded a warm reception by Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and others on the Bolghatty Island here yesterday.